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When the game is reloaded from either the main menu or the in-game pause menu after a game has already been started that session, the music does not play. This also happens when starting a new game after the first game load or start during a session.

Adding the soundfonts folder and it's contents fixed the issue but I really do not like the soundfont that there is. Can't actually listen to it.

Is there a way to get this to work otherwise? Or a sound font that actually sounds more like the originals?

This is a standard soundfont. If you know where to get the original soundfont, placing it in the soundfont folder might help. I can probably make D2X-XL play back mp3, maybe that would help?

The D1 and D2 music is available as OGG which should sound fine.

I think I have all the files but I'm not sure what is going on - I recall the issue came about with 2.1.3 but not sure then.

I made a short video of me loading a game at the startup and then saving/reloading to show what is going on. Maybe it'll help show the issue better than I am able to describe it. It is an unlisted video too

https://youtu.be/vs0Uf9V9jXg

You mean when you load a savegame?

Yes. Exactly what I was trying to say. Loading into secret levels is also affected, but loading levels with custom music (PuMo Mines for example) is not affected. I'll have to try to load a save game at the start up too.

Edit: Started up the game and just loaded a prior save. Redbook music started playing as would be expected.

I can confirm that this has been fixed as of 2.1.8, however I did notice that the secret levels still don't play music, I had played the first secret level earlier and the music stopped after teleporting to the secret level.

However the music in Level 3 resumed upon returning from the secret level.

There is a playlist for ogg/mp3 music, but it has no entries for the secret levels. You need to add these, or D2X-XL will fall back to midi, where you don't like the soundfont. music filenames with a dash or minus in front of them are played during secret levels. I will however change D2X-XL so that it will simply play one of the regularly listed songs in the playlist when there are no songs marked for secret levels.